Re: FullSimplify doesn't simplify
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- Subject: [mg32773] Re: FullSimplify doesn't simplify
- From: "Dana DeLouis" <ng_only at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 05:11:45 -0500 (EST)
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I am very new at this, so I might be off... x = -3; y = -4; n = -0.3; (x*y)^n 0.4745102806263551 x^n*y^n -0.14663174071916904 - 0.4512860944387369*I -- Dana DeLouis Windows XP & Mathematica 4.1 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "Ken Morgan" <kmorga51 at calvin.edu> wrote in message news:a404nb$bqk$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Does anyone know why Mathematica doesn't simplify the following to True? > > > In[1] := FullSimplify[(x y)^n == (x^n)(y^n)] > > Out[1] := (x y)^n == (x^n)(y^n) > > Are there cases where this is not true? > > > Thanks, > Ken Morgan > kmorga51 at calvin.edu > >